Emigrants : why the English sailed to the New World
Evans, J. R. (James Richard), 1975-2017
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'Emigrants' casts light on an unprecedented population shift - a phenomenon that not only helped shape modern America, but continues to shape the modern world. James Evans uses contemporary sources from diaries, court hearings and letters to bring many of the individual emigrants' diverse stories to life, and uncovers the fascinating reasons behind why so many people left England for a new life in an unknown part of the world.
Main title:
Emigrants : why the English sailed to the New World / James Evans.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.
Collation:
314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780297866909 (hbk)9780297866916 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
304.8'73'04109032
Language:
English
Subject:
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 17th centurySocietySocietyUnited States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 17th centuryGreat Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 17th centuryGreat Britain -- Social conditions -- 17th centuryUnited States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
BRN:
147545